Choose Or Lose! U.S. To Order Millions to Ditch Their Second Passports?

Choose Or Lose! U.S. To Order Millions to Ditch Their Second Passports?
New bill could end dual citizenship for millions of Americans abroad.|©iStock/Rawf8

I wasn't planning to write this. In fact, I hoped I'd never have to.

But a few days ago, a U.S. Senator quietly introduced something so shocking... so downright unbelievable... that I nearly spit out my coffee.

It’s a bill to force Americans—people just like you—to choose between staying a U.S. citizen forever... or having the freedom to live abroad as a citizen of another country.

No warning. No discussion. One year to comply or lose your citizenship.

Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH)’s Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 would codify that citizens of the United States “must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the U.S.” Under the bill, no one would be allowed to remain a U.S. citizen while holding citizenship of another country.

If it becomes law, any American who voluntarily takes up foreign citizenship would be required to give up their U.S. citizenship from the date the measure takes effect. Americans who already hold dual citizenship—like me, my wife, and my daughter— must file a written renunciation of their foreign citizenship with the government within one year of the law taking effect.

And if the government doesn’t get that letter, they will simply remove you from the database of citizens and treat you as a foreigner.

Sound extreme? It is… it’s madness. (Though it may just be theater... according to Congress.gov, there is no bill text publicly available yet.)

Still—it's also a giant, flashing sign of what's coming next...

Every year, millions of smart Americans obtain residency abroad, build a Plan B, or secure a second passport. I should know… I’ve helped hundreds of people do exactly this through my consultation service here at International Living.

And now radical lawmakers want to slam the door on all of that. They want to make YOU pick. Their way... or your freedom.

Even if this bill dies tomorrow, the message is clear: the winds are changing… and not in a good way.

We’ve seen this before.

After the Civil War, if the government thought you were a citizen of another country, it assumed you’d given up your U.S. citizenship. In 1907 Congress decreed a U.S. citizen would lose their status if they naturalized somewhere else. Married women lost U.S. citizenship if they married a foreign man! Right up until the late 60s—when the Supreme Court said you can’t lose U.S. citizenship unless you elect to give it up—politicians were still trying to force us to choose.

You might think the Supreme Court won’t change its own precedent. But in recent years the Supremes have done exactly this several times… reopening and relitigating settled matters… almost always in ways that restrict personal freedoms.

Even if this proposal never becomes law, it exposes something far more important: Your freedom to move, live, work, and retire abroad isn’t guaranteed. Our own government claims the right to control our individual fates… to pass laws that restrict our natural human freedoms. To strip us of our global citizenship and force us to keep the status they prefer us to have.

That’s precisely why thousands of Americans are quietly securing legal residency and second citizenship now, while the rules are still in their favor.

If you've ever considered a Plan B... If you've ever dreamed of living abroad... If you've ever wondered how to get a second passport the legal, simple way... this is the moment.

Every time the U.S. government sneezes, another country tightens its citizenship rules. Every time a headline like this hits the news, application lines double. I can practically hear my phone ringing off the hook already.

If you want options later, you need to take the first step now.

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